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dirty laundry
noun as in defamation
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in gossip
Strong matches
noun as in scuttlebutt
noun as in talebearing
Weak matches
- account
- babble
- back-fence talk
- blather
- blether
- buzz
- calumny
- chatter
- chitchat
- chronicle
- clothesline
- conversation
- cry
- defamation
- dirty linen
- dirty wash
- earful
- gossipry
- grapevine
- hearsay
- idle talk
- injury
- malicious talk
- meddling
- news
- prate
- prattle
- report
- rumor
- scandal
- scuttlebutt
- slander
- small talk
- story
- tale
- talk
- tattle
- tittle-tattle
- whispering campaign
- wire
- word
Example Sentences
As Americans, we still have a right to air both our dirty laundry and our R-Rated films.
He could have pleaded guilty to one felony count and shielded his wife and family from having to air their dirty laundry.
Customs and Border Protection airing the dirty laundry in our luggage.
This can result in wide-ranging and explosive cases-and a lot of Russia's dirty laundry being aired.
It was riven with rivalries, some of her people were deeply disloyal, and the dirty laundry was aired in public.
Gervaise became accustomed to having dirty laundry lying all around.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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